Bøger af Dave Eggers

New from Dave Eggers, National Book Award finalist A Hologram for the KingIn a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, a struggling businessman pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his daughter's college tuition, and finally do something great. In A Hologram for the King, Dave Eggers takes us around the world to show how one man fights to hold himself and his splintering family together in the face of the global economy's gale-force winds. This taut, richly layered, and elegiac novel is a powerful evocation of our contemporary moment - and a moving story of how we got here.'A master of the surprising metaphor, Eggers's great skill is in tracking the exuberant chaos of thought, with all its sudden poignancies and unexpected joys' Daily Telegraph'Among the most influential writers in the English language' GQ 'Eggers can write like an angel' Tablet

How We Are Hungry is a collection of Dave Eggers's short stories that twist and inspire the imagination Dave Eggers has championed the cause of the short story so magnificently that through his own McSweeney's magazine and through its many imitators the form is once again in the ascendant. Yet while celebrating the work of others, Eggers has also proved himself time and again one of the modern masters of the form.This unmissable collection is Egger's first, and showcases his talents in a variety of stories that are short-short, short-long and every length in between; and in stories that are dark, funny, inspiring, daring and endlessly inventive (including the acclaimed 'Up the Mountain Coming Down Slowly'). In short, in stories that will make you appreciate that Dave Eggers and the short story were made for each other - and, in turn, for you. 'Possibly the most admired and emulated American author of his generation' Independent 'Brilliant, confident floods of language' Sunday Herald 'Intensely pleasurable, striking in its beauty...a triumph of both form and content' Guardian

Will and Hand are burdened by $38,000 and the memory of their friend Jack. Taking a week out of their lives, they decide to travel around the world to give the money away. They can't really say why they're doing it, just that it needs to be done. Perhaps it's something to do with Jack's death - perhaps they'll find the reason later. But as their plans are frustrated, twisted and altered at every step and the natives prove far from grateful to their benefactors, Will and Hand find that the world is an infinitely bigger, more surreal and exhilarating place than they ever realised. In fact, it's somewhere to get lost in ...

"The story: back in 2002, some friends in San Francisco had an idea for a youth writing and tutoring center. They rented a building for this purpose, only to learn that the address was zoned for retail; they could do their writing and tutoring, sure, but they had to sell something in the front of the building. So they decided to sell pirate supplies, and to decorate the storefront as if it were a real shop for working buccaneers. It was a ludicrous solution to a bizarre problem, and it ended up being the key to everything." - from the introduction by Dave Eggers Every kid in the world needs a safe, welcoming - and especially weird - place to write. That's the theory behind 826 Valencia, a writing and tutoring center started in 2002 by writer Dave Eggers and friends, in San Francisco. That center inspired similar centers around the world, from New York to Melbourne - all with their own bizarre themes designed to make learning fun, and destigmatize tutoring centers for kids falling behind. In Boston, there's the Greater Boston Bigfoot Research Institute. In Minneapolis, there's the Midcontinent Oceanographic Institute. Los Angeles has a convenience store for time travelers. Filled with stunning photos of each space, along with detailed spreads showing the range of creative "merchandise" the centers have for their theme, the book also includes interviews with center directors and staff on their space, and how they've used it in programs, one-on-one connections with young learners, and community outreach, in hopes of creating a blueprint that others might follow. Dozens of centers are featured, from cities across the US and around the world. A celebration of creating joyous and welcoming wild spaces for young minds, Unnecessarily Beautiful Spaces for Young Minds on Fire seeks to inspire more communities, schools and libraries, and civic and corporate organizations around the world to build their own centers for young writers. Centers featured include: San Francisco (826 Valencia, 826 Valencia: Tenderloin, 826 Valencia: Mission Bay)New York City (826NYC)Los Angeles (826 LA: Echo Park, 826LA: Mar Vista)Roxbury MA Boston area (826 Boston)Cincinatti (WordPlay Cincy)Chicago (826Chi)Las Vegas (The Writer's Block)Washington DC (826DC)Minneapolis (826 MSP)Austin (Austin Bat Cave)Sacramento, CA ( 916 Ink)Tulsa (Tulsa Library Intergalactic Spaceport and Emporium) Detroit (826michigan: detroit)Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti (826michigan: Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti) Kalamazoo, MI (Read and Write Kalamazoo)Louisville, KY (Young Authors Greenhouse)Oakland, CA (Chapter 510 and Dept of Make Believe) New Orleans (826 New Orleans)Buffalo, NY (Just Buffalo Literary Center) International: Rotherham England (Grimm & Co)London England (The Ministry of Stories)Stockholm Sweden (Berattarministeriet)Redfern Australia (Story Factory)Lustenau Austria (W*ORT)Torino Italy (Fronte del Borgo)Amsterdam Netherlands (Noordje)Dublin Ireland (Fighting Words)Milano Italy (La Grande Fabbrica delle Parole)Campi Bisenzio, Italy (Porto delle Storie)East Sussex England (Little Green Pig)Toronto Canada (Story Planet)

The Life of Pi meets Homeward Bound in this 26-word epic about the world's beauty and quirks, and the heartwarming ways we find home.

Abner and Ian are stuck sideways in this clever picture book created by a bestselling, acclaimed author and cartoonist--and perfect for fans of Elephant & Piggie and Press Here.

Goodnight Moon meets The Wonderful Things You Will Be in this incredibly commercial, beautiful title from bestselling author Dave Eggers.

Her Right Foot meets The Quiet Book in this incredibly meaningful, commercial title from bestselling duo Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris.

In this fascinating, fun take on nonfiction, uniquely American in its frank tone and honest look at the literal foundation of our country, Eggers and Harris investigate a seemingly small trait of the emblematic Statue of Liberty. Full color. 10 x 8.

In 2002, Tabitha Soren began photographing the draft class for the Oakland A¿s¿their lives on the road, and the grueling work behind the scenes required to make it to the major leagues. Soren has continued to photograph them ever since, documenting their divergent paths through success, heartbreak, and, sometimes, even fame. Accompanied by five linked short stories by Dave Eggers, Fantasy Life explores the enduring spirit of this quintessential American fantasy of making it in the major leagues.

David Shrigley's existential-comic sensibility takes form across many mediums, from photography and sculpture to animation and drawingsBest known for his wry and witty drawings, British artist David Shrigley has built up an artistic practice that, over the past two decades, has expanded well beyond drawing to include photography, sculpture, neon signs, animation, painting, printmaking, publishing and music. Shrigley finds humor in flat depictions of the inconsequential and the bizarre, qualities that he heightens through a deliberately limited technique. In this unusually complete look at the much-loved artist's diverse approaches, Shrigley is revealed as a master of many media and many kinds of humor, from the black humor for which he is famed to caricature and more slapstick situations. With an immediate and accessible appeal to diverse audiences, Shrigley's work offers an insightful commentary on the absurdities of human relationships. Published on the occasion of the artist's first major survey show, at London's Hayward Gallery, this beautifully produced volume includes a 7" vinyl picture-disc, featuring an exclusive recording by the artist. David Shrigley was born in Macclesfield, England, in 1968, and studied Environmental Art at the Glasgow School of Art from 1988-1991. As well as authoring numerous books, he directed the video for Blur's "Good Song" and for Bonnie "Prince" Billy's "Agnes, Queen of Sorrow." Between 2005 and 2009, he contributed a cartoon for the U.K. Guardian Weekend magazine every Saturday.